I'm struggling to understand the grammar in this specif part あのときこうしていればということば
I don't know how to break this sentence down. All I know in it is あのとき = That time
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日々心によぎる、あの時こうしていればという言葉
日々心によぎる - Everyday, it has been crossing my mind
「あのとき、こうしていれば」 - 'what if I had done this at that time'
という言葉 - the words
Put these in the normal order.
「あのときこうしていれば」という言葉が日々私の心をよぎる
The phrase: 'what if I had done this at that moment' has been crossing my mind everyday over and over.
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what if I did this at that time-- 過去の事実に反することを表すのは「仮定法過去完了」ですので if I had done... が良いと思うんですが。– Chocolate ♦May 12, 2020 at 3:47 -
@Chocolate, You are absolutely right.– user34216May 12, 2020 at 3:50